Person Old Testament
Zattu
Also known as Zattu =ESV, NIV, LXX; [ ] =KJV
Zattu was the ancestor of a family that returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. Mentioned in 4 verses across 2 books, first at Ezra 2:8.
Why it matters. Ancestor of returning exiles
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Zattu
Zattu is mentioned in the lists of Jewish exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. In the accounts found in Ezra and Nehemiah, the descendants of Zattu are enumerated among the families who made the journey back to their homeland. The Ezra account records 945 members of Zattu's family, while Nehemiah's list mentions 845. These numbers suggest that the family of Zattu was a significant group among the returning exiles who helped rebuild Jerusalem and restore Jewish community life in the post-exilic period. Additionally, some members of Zattu's family are mentioned among those who had married foreign women and agreed to separate from them in response to Ezra's call for spiritual reformation.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Named in 4 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.